P5K Deluxe Wifi AP Thread.

[Martin87]

Are you lightly to break anything if you use the wrong one?

[Clunk]

If you have the 8 pin plug on your PSU, use the 8 pin socket on the board.

You can use the 4 pin if you really want to, but why would you want to?

[Martin87]

I don't want to use it clunk i want to no which one is the right one to use and you just answered my question so thank you and get it plugged in now, then all i've got to do is wait for my RAM!

[Stele]

I don't want to use it clunk i want to no which one is the right one to use and you just answered my question so thank you and get it plugged in now, then all i've got to do is wait for my RAM!

Actually it's really quite straightforward. The socket is an 8-pin one for users who have a PSU with an 8-pin ATX connector. Asus covers half with a blanker, however, so that those with only a 4-pin connector would use the correct half. The 8-pin and 4-pin serve the same function, just that the 8 wires allow a greater maximum current for really high-end setups, so aside from that there's no harm in using a 4-pin ATX connector if your PSU only has that.

If and when you do happen to upgrade to a more powerful PSU with an 8-pin ATX connector, just pull off the blanker and plug the 8-pin connector in!

[Mad-Max]

Is it me or is this just a ASUS thing but when I put the system into standby why oh why does the power light on the case have to flash light mad for

[Clunk]

I havent got my leds wired up so cant test that at the moment, but I'll see if I can try them later on.

[5aboy]

HELP!!!

i got my p5kdlx wifi, 2gb ballistix, e6420 today and got them all installed.

I also have 2x320gb sata drives, which i created a raid0 array with.

i have an ide and a sata dvd drive.

i try to install windows, select the correct ICH8R/9R driver in the F6 screen, and then the computer hangs once everything is loaded on the blue screen and it says 'Starting Windows'. The USB loses its power (my mouse lights go off), and it just sits there.

i am getting very upset with this board. I manged to get my XP90c installed perfectly, the RAM wont run at 800mhz (keeps giving me failed OC error, even though everything is at stock), and i cant install windows.

so, any help mr clunk, im needing some soon.

thanks in advance.

oh, just to note: gfx: radeon 7000 PCI, psu: corsair HX620W, other HDD: 2x160gb sata.

please advise, the temps seem to be OK in the bios (30C CPU, 30C chipset).

I need to install XP today, as i am going back to hereford on sunday.

[Supershanks]

1) The make floppy on the cd are only for the jmicron raid. Use the 32-bit Floppy Configuration Utility for Intel® Matrix Storage Manager
2) only have raid drives connected , no other hard drives.
3) Ensure Sata access is set to raid NOT ide.

[excalibur2]

HELP!!!



i am getting very upset with this board. I manged to get my XP90c installed perfectly, the RAM wont run at 800mhz (keeps giving me failed OC error, even though everything is at stock), and i cant install windows.

erm who says it's suppose to run at 400/800mhz, isn't the CPU set at 266mhz (the E4300 is 200X9) . So if your multiplier is ten then 10X266=2.66ghz or if you dont have a ram problem reduce the clock speed of the CPU and raise the sidebus.

[5aboy]

OK: This is I think an important post for all those of us wanting to use RAID on this board.

i managed to get the thing working, and here is how:

1) I disabled all USB in the bios, and used a PS2 keyboard. This worked for me first time and I was able to install and get into windows.

2) once this is all done, then re-enable the USB in the BIOS and everything should be working A-OK.

it took me a few hours to work it out, but im here finally and the speed is terrific. I am currently at 410x8=3282 at 1.3125V (which is less than the 1.35 stock voltage written on the CPU box!), idling at 31C - still got to stress it to find out.

this looks a good chip, and i managed to get the ram to work at 820mhz 44412 too, although cpu-z reports some funny readings.

im now very very happy with this, just hope i can pick up a good graphics card and be happy for awhile!

[5aboy]

all tested and everything - this board is excellent.


CPU: e6420, L702C555, pack date 04/13/07
HSF: Thermalright XP90C with Panaflo M1a 92mm fan at 1950rpm (very quiet but not silent)
MB: Asus P5K Deluxe
RAM: 2gb Crucial Ballistix Pc2-6400 44412 - at 615Mhz 55515
GFX: PCI Radeon 7000 64Mb (x1950Xt on its way).
PSU: Corsair HX620W
Drives: 2x320gb SATA2, 2x160gb SATA2, 2x optical
Case: Chieftec full tower

Currently running all Volts on minimum in BIOS, CPU: 1.3125V, DDR: 2.2V

screenies:


orthos:



once id done all the orthos'ing
[img=http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/8493/410x8stockvoltsddr21230kx3.th.jpg]

will bring back some more benchies once the new graphics card arrives!

[RRA]

Ok, i finally got my case and CPU and built the damn monster!
(I used the 8-pin EPS12V to answer the question bellow).

According to lmsensors, at current room temperature of 22°C, my CPU is idle at 26.0°C and my Sys Temp is 36°C (that would be the mobo?). When running 4 john the ripper at the same time to max to 4 cores i get to peak at 44°C after 10 minutes. Seems pretty good to me.
What do you think? is lmsensors giving me random numbers? Is it too low to be true?

I'm waiting for more fans to arrive, right now the Scythe is running the stock fan from front to back of case with the 2 P182's fans pulling air from the back and top (both at max speed right now, temperature easily increases 5°C if i put them to low).
I guess i'll put a second fan on the bottom of the CPU so it will be surrounded by 2 fans (front and bottom) pushing air toward the case's fan (top and back).

Case:
P182 Black
Corsair CMPSU-620HX

CPU/HeatSink/Board/Ram/Cards:
Q6600 (105W)
(Arctic Silver 5)
Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B
P5k-Deluxe
OCZ Platinum XTC PC2-8500 2X1GB DDR2-1066 CL5-5-5-15
EVGA 8800GTS 640MB
+ extra Noctua 120mm fans.

[Clunk]

all tested and everything - this board is excellent.


CPU: e6420, L702C555, pack date 04/13/07
HSF: Thermalright XP90C with Panaflo M1a 92mm fan at 1950rpm (very quiet but not silent)
MB: Asus P5K Deluxe
RAM: 2gb Crucial Ballistix Pc2-6400 44412 - at 615Mhz 55515
GFX: PCI Radeon 7000 64Mb (x1950Xt on its way).
PSU: Corsair HX620W
Drives: 2x320gb SATA2, 2x160gb SATA2, 2x optical
Case: Chieftec full tower

Currently running all Volts on minimum in BIOS, CPU: 1.3125V, DDR: 2.2V

screenies:


orthos:



once id done all the orthos'ing
[img=http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/8493/410x8stockvoltsddr21230kx3.th.jpg]

will bring back some more benchies once the new graphics card arrives!

Looking good mate

[Clunk]

Ok, i finally got my case and CPU and built the damn monster!
(I used the 8-pin EPS12V to answer the question bellow).

According to lmsensors, at current room temperature of 22°C, my CPU is idle at 26.0°C and my Sys Temp is 36°C (that would be the mobo?). When running 4 john the ripper at the same time to max to 4 cores i get to peak at 44°C after 10 minutes. Seems pretty good to me.
What do you think? is lmsensors giving me random numbers? Is it too low to be true?

I'm waiting for more fans to arrive, right now the Scythe is running the stock fan from front to back of case with the 2 P182's fans pulling air from the back and top (both at max speed right now, temperature easily increases 5°C if i put them to low).
I guess i'll put a second fan on the bottom of the CPU so it will be surrounded by 2 fans (front and bottom) pushing air toward the case's fan (top and back).

Temps look fine, try something like Orthos to stress it out properly.

Will you be overclocking?

[RRA]

Temps look fine, try something like Orthos to stress it out properly.

Will you be overclocking?

Couldn't find orthos for linux but i found burn and stress programs for it...

3*john -test (benchmarks different crypto algorithm)
3*burn{P6,BX,MMX} (burns the ALU/FPU to maximise heat)
stress -c 4 -m 4 -d 1 -i 1 (4 cpu thread, 4 malloc/free threads, 1 i/o thread (sync), 1 disk thread (link/unlink))

I have a load of ~30 in top(1) and the temperature reads (after 15 minutes):

CPU Temp: From +42.0 to +46.0C oscillating...
Sys Temp: +42C

Ambiant temp is now 23.2°C (the day is heating up, or the case haha :-)

When I'll get the extra fan with the clip for the Ninja i'll try and run it at 3.0Ghz... only pushing the fsb to 333 i guess.
Is the system going to heat up as much as the CPU ? more? (Nortbridge, etc...)
Cheers!

[5aboy]

here are my screenies - very very very happy